A Jan. 21 item in the Jakarta Globe from Indonesia reported a speech by Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, at a conference in support of Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Mahathir was quoted stating that the lack of progress by the Obama administration in ending the war in Afghanistan, or in closing the terrorist detention […]
by David J. Rusin • Feb 14, 2010 at 12:03 pm French imam Hassen Chalghoumi recently learned firsthand that Islamists despise non-Islamist Muslims as much as they do anyone else. Chalghoumi attracted their ire by coming out strongly in favor of a ban on face-covering veils, a prohibition that is moving closer to reality. Echoing […]
The young Arab was an Allah’s warrior against the US troops in Iraq, before he converted into Christianity and fled to Switzerland. He warns other Muslims not to murder in the name of Islam. The ex-Muslim who calls himself Sultan should stay quiet, because that would be safer for him and he would not have […]
MILAN (corriere.it) – Dozens of Muslim immigrants from North Africa rioted during the night in a multi-ethnic district of Milan, smashing shop windows and overturning cars to protest at the knifing death of an Egyptian, Italian police said on Sunday. It was the second episode of violence involving Muslim immigrants this year, after clashes in […]
by Daniel Pipes January 30, 2010 A 2009 critique found that the taxpayer has invested some $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, or about $9 billion a year. Most or all of it has been or will be wasted. Nonetheless, here we go again, this time in Afghanistan, at least on […]
by Daniel Pipes February 8, 2010 As the Geert Wilders case goes into pre-trial, National Review Online asked our experts: Is there any legitimate reason he’s in court? What are the implications of such a trial being held, never mind its outcome? (For replies by Bat Ye’or, Paul Marshall, Clifford D. May, Nina Shea, and […]
by Brendan Goldman FrontPage Magazine February 11, 2010 “This is not an Israeli-Palestinian debate,” Stanley Cohen, the director of the Scone Foundation, said. “It is [a conference] to honor the archivist profession.” Cohen’s statement was half true: the event was not a “debate,” but only because there were no dissenting opinions to challenge keynote speaker […]
by Daniel Pipes December 10, 2009 updated Feb 8, 2010 Just as Islamists aspire to transform religious symbols, marriage, schools, medical facilities, and other institutions in the West, so they are gunning for public transportation. I have covered two aspects of the taxi wars – liquor and dogs; this weblog entry notes other interesting developments, […]
Channel 10 reported on Tuesday night that a senior Palestinian Authority figure has accused top PA officials, including aides to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, of siphoning off international aid money meant for PA residents for personal use. According to the report, top PA officials used alleged real estate investments – made in the name of […]
Arab students interrupted a lecture by Israel’s U.S. ambassador at a university that has been at the center of campus wars over Israel. The hecklers interrupted Michael Oren more than 10 times Monday night during his speech at the University of California, Irvine, shouting “Israel is a murderer” and “how many Palestinians did you kill?” […]
